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1. autoexec · 1790188120 · focus · HN ↗

   > Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said daily lives depend on satellites that power everyday technologies like mobile phones and banking apps, adding the loss of GPS would cost the UK economy £1.4bn a day.

   Oh no! Not our precious banking apps! What a weird thing to call out specifically. It's also kind of strange to talk at such length about how critical satellites have become to people's lives, national economy, emergency services, and people's "daily freedoms", only to conclude with "So now we're using ground-based systems to take out the satellites other countries depend on for all of those things"

   1. foldr · 1790189405 · focus · HN ↗

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gov.uk&#x2F;government&#x2F;news&#x2F;cutting-edge-timing-technology-to-protect-vital-services" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gov.uk&#x2F;government&#x2F;news&#x2F;cutting-edge-timing-techn...

      1. autoexec · 1790195128 · focus · HN ↗

         The US has ROCkN <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.darpa.mil&#x2F;research&#x2F;programs&#x2F;robust-optical-clock-network" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.darpa.mil&#x2F;research&#x2F;programs&#x2F;robust-optical-clock... but that seems to be just for military use

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